Mitsubishi Outlander: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Mitsubishi Outlander passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 3.6 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 68,721 individual Mitsubishi Outlander tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 80.3% first-time pass rate means roughly 20 in every 100 Mitsubishi Outlanders presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Mitsubishi Outlander tested had covered 83,718 miles and was built around 2015.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Mitsubishi Outlander bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Mitsubishi Outlander

1. A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play, 1.7% of tests (1.84x the national rate for this defect)
2. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 2.3% of tests (1.52x the national rate for this defect)
3. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 1.2% of tests (1.47x the national rate for this defect)
4. Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 0.7% of tests (1.34x the national rate for this defect)
5. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 1% of tests (1.33x the national rate for this defect)
6. A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 1.6% of tests (1.17x the national rate for this defect)
7. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 3.5% of tests
8. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.8% of tests
9. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 1.8% of tests
10. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 1.4% of tests

From 104,356 DVSA-tracked Mitsubishi Outlander tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.91% of these flagged Mitsubishi Outlander defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Mitsubishi Outlander pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Mitsubishi Outlander year:

• 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander - 56.8% first-time pass, 1,039 tests
• 2008 Mitsubishi Outlander - 58.1% first-time pass, 1,569 tests
• 2009 Mitsubishi Outlander - 57.3% first-time pass, 1,266 tests
• 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander - 62.6% first-time pass, 1,445 tests
• 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander - 66.1% first-time pass, 1,299 tests
• 2012 Mitsubishi Outlander - 68.6% first-time pass, 1,120 tests
• 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander - 69.2% first-time pass, 2,059 tests
• 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander - 74.8% first-time pass, 7,176 tests
• 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander - 79.5% first-time pass, 12,963 tests
• 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander - 84% first-time pass, 11,159 tests
• 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander - 86% first-time pass, 9,030 tests
• 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander - 88.5% first-time pass, 10,847 tests
• 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander - 90.9% first-time pass, 6,749 tests

Mitsubishi Outlander by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• Hybrid Mitsubishi Outlander - 85.2% first-time pass, 42,790 tests
• Diesel Mitsubishi Outlander - 71.5% first-time pass, 19,649 tests
• Electric Mitsubishi Outlander - 76.5% first-time pass, 3,212 tests
• Petrol Mitsubishi Outlander - 81.2% first-time pass, 2,682 tests

Other Mitsubishi models

• Mitsubishi L200 - 75.2%
• Mitsubishi Asx - 78.7%
• Mitsubishi Shogun - 73.3%
• Mitsubishi Colt - 64.2%
• Mitsubishi Mirage - 85.7%
• Mitsubishi Lancer - 71.5%
• Mitsubishi Eclipse - 88.7%
• Mitsubishi L200 Double Cab - 62.3%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Vauxhall Corsa E Elite Nav - 80.4%
• Lexus Gs450h - 80.4%
• Skoda Yeti - 80.3%
• Infiniti Q50 - 80.3%
• Citroen Berlingo 950 En-Prise Bluehdi - 80.3%
• BMW 520 - 80.2%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

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